A new trial is being sought for the youngest person executed in the U.S. in the 20th century

As It Happens

November 14, 2013

Season 2013,
Episode 300146222

08:59

When George Stinney Jr was executed in 1944, he became the youngest to be put to death in the U.S. in the 20th century. But now, there is a campaign to have his case re-examined, because many believe he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.
In 1944